Work continues Feb. 25, 2013, on the Troy, N.Y.'s City Station project near the intersection of Congress and Sixth. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Work continues Feb. 25, 2013, on the Troy, N.Y.'s City Station project near the intersection of Congress and Sixth. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

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Work continues Feb. 25, 2013, on the Troy, N.Y.'s City Station project near the intersection of Congress and Sixth. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Work continues Feb. 25, 2013, on the Troy, N.Y.'s City Station project near the intersection of Congress and Sixth. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Photo: SKIP DICKSTEIN

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Work continues Feb. 25, 2013, on the Troy, N.Y.'s City Station project near the intersection of Congress and Sixth. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Work continues Feb. 25, 2013, on the Troy, N.Y.'s City Station project near the intersection of Congress and Sixth. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Photo: SKIP DICKSTEIN

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Work continues Feb. 25, 2013, on the Troy, N.Y.'s City Station project near the intersection of Congress and Sixth. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Work continues Feb. 25, 2013, on the Troy, N.Y.'s City Station project near the intersection of Congress and Sixth. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Photo: SKIP DICKSTEIN

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Eastward and upward for CityStation project

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TROY — The latest building at United Group of Companies' CityStation development in Troy is quickly taking shape, and a company official says it will be completed by late July.

CityStation East, a $13 million project along the east side of Sixth Avenue between Congress and Ferry streets, will have 157 beds for students at nearby Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Previously, United Group built a residential/retail building across Sixth Avenue, as well as a separate building for graduate students and their families on the south side of Ferry Street.

CityStation West, as the first building is now called, cost $15 million and included eight retail spaces on the first floor. Buell said five have are open for business, a sixth is under construction and tenants are lined up for the final two spaces. The student spaces are 100 percent occupied, he added.

The $7.5 million CityStation South is about 70 to 75 percent occupied.

In addition to housing, CityStation East, the newest building, will include 13,000 square feet of retail space. A 225-car parking facility, with one underground and two above-ground levels, is also being built, paid for in large part with a grant from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Consolidated Funding Application program.

The grant provided $2.5 million for the $3 million project, Buell said, adding that United Group couldn't have built it without the state assistance.

Both the garage and CityStation East are expected to be ready for occupancy by Aug. 15.